A man has been charged with four counts of murder after four people were shot dead in Darwin, Australia.
Police charged a 45-year-old man over the attack in which four people were gunned down and another wounded at a motel on Tuesday evening.
The suspect, who had been on parole since January, had obtained ammunition and a knife through an associate that same day, Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw told a news conference.
The suspect was stopped for speeding on the morning of the shootings, but police didn’t notice anything unusual and let him go, Mr Kershaw said.
The victims included a roofer, a student from Lebanon, a New Zealand citizen and another person who has not been formally identified, according to media reports.
A court hearing is scheduled for Friday, Northern Territory Police said in a statement.
